Summary
Caniba is a fresco about flesh and desire. It reflects on the discomfiting significance of cannibalism in human existence through the prism of one Japanese man, Issei Sagawa, and his mysterious relationship with his brother, Jun Sagawa.
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Critics vs audiences
Critics a little warmer than audiences (+7)
Critics 60Audiences 53GoodWatch 51
Metascore61
Tomatometer58%
Letterboxd · 3 K ratings3.2/5
IMDb5.6
Audience score40%
Running time
1 h 36 min
A typical length for documentaries
typical 9696Half of all documentaries run 89–107 min.
Reach
Streams in 4 countries, rent or buy in 3 more
Released
2017
September 1, 2017
9 years ago
Genre
DocumentaryLanguage
Japanese
Original language
Also spoken
FrenchEnglishMade in
- France
United Kingdom
United States
Directing · 2
- Lucien Castaing-Taylor Director, Producer, Director of Photography, Editor, Sound
- Véréna Paravel Director, Producer, Director of Photography, Editor, Sound
Production · 1
- Valentina Novati Producer
Sound · 2
- Bruno Ehlinger Sound Designer
- Nao Nakazawa Sound, Translator
Other crew · 3
- Asako Fujioka Translator
- Maya Shiboh Translator
- Ninako Takeuchi Translator
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